Planter.



A. BRINKOBTER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I0, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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PLANTER.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application led November 10, 1908. Serial No. 461,875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BRINxoETEP., a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of Floresville, in the county'of W ilson` and State ofTexas, have invented a new and Improved Planter, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates tol planters, and it has for'its object to providea planter without springs inside of the seed box which are apt to bechocked or gummed by the seed'or dust.

.Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is at alltimes certain in operation, has few parts and is not liableto get out oforder.

Still another object of the invention is to provide bottom plates andfeed plates of different sizes, which may be used with seeds ofdifferent sizes, and also for seed which are to be planted a greater orshorter distance apart. v

Still another objectof the invention is to provide an arrangement bywhich the seeds leave the planter so close to the ground that there isno danger of their becoming scattered.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete description.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of myinvention, but it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto,as I consider myself entitled to allfforms and embodiments Vof theinvention which may be held to fall within the scope of the appendedclaims. j

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar charactersof reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, in which- A Figure 1 is aperspective view of the planter; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional yviewshowing the seed box and .the means by which the seed are distributed;Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is aninverted view of the bottom plate which forms the bottom of the seed Byreferring to the drawings, it will be seen that a frame 1 is providedand that an axle 2 is journaled inthe frame, a supporting wheel 3 beingsecured to the axle 2. A sprocket wheel 4 is also secured to the axle 2,and at the rear of the frame 1 there is a transverse shaft 5 journaledin brackets 6, there being a sprocket wheel 7 secured to the transverseshaft 5, the sprocket wheels 4 and 13. In the front of the 7 beingconnected by a sprocket chain 8. A seed box 9 is'` also disposed at therear of the frame 1, the rear wall of the seed box 9 diverging upwardlyrfrom the forward wall,

and in the bottom of the seed box there lis secured a bottom plate 10,the bottom plate serving as the bottom of the seed box. The bottom plate1() has a lug 11 which is disposed in a recess 'in the enlarged forwardwall 12 of the seed box 9, the enlarged forward wall 12 serving as asupport for a share 18. In the bottom plate 10 there is an orifice 14,in which is disposed a stud 15, there being a nut 16 which screws on thethreadedstud 15 to supportthe drill plate. The stud 15 is secured to ashaft 17, the shaft 17 having secured thereto a feed plate 18. At thetop of the shaft 17 there is a bevel gear wheel 19, which meshes with abevel gear wheel 19a, the bevel gear wheel 19a being secured to theshaft 5. The shaft 17 is journaled in the top 2O of the seed box. Thereis also a second orifice 21 in the plate 10, this orifice 21 beingprovided to permit the seeds to pass therethrough. There are also aseries of orices 22 in the feed plate 18, these orifices 22 beingadapted to be disposed over the orifices 21 in the bottom plate, as thefeed plate 18 rotates relatively thereto, the feed plate 18 being drivenby the shaft 17. On the feed plate and above the orificev 21 in thebottom plate there is a block or cut-off 23, which is secured to a rod24 which passes upwardly through the seed box 9 and through an openingin the top 2O thereof. The top of therod 24 is pressed yieldinglydownward, by means of a spring 25. In the rear of the frame are disposedtwo hoe shoes or coverers 26. converging rearwardly so that they areadapted to push together in the rear of the bottom'plate the earth whichhas been plowed by the share frame is a hook 27, by means of which ateam may be hitched tothe frame, and there are also upwardly andrearwardly extending handles 28 which are provided to enable the plowmanto d1- rect the course of the planter.

In the operation of my invention, a bottom plate is provided with anorifice 21 which will permit the seed to readily pass therethrough, anda feed plate 18 is also provided with the orifices 22 spaced apart, sothat Vas the plate 18 rotates, one of the orifices 22 will be disposedover the orifice 21 at predetermined intervals, which will permit one ofthe seeds to drop to the earth at stated periods. It will be Vunderstoodthat when the seed are to be planted close together, the orifices 22 inthe seed plate 18.will

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be relatively more numerous. The bottom and feed plates can quicklybearranged, inasmuch as by means of the nut 16, the shaft 17 may beremoved from the bottom plate, and the rod 24 may also be removed bylifting the spring 25. The feed and bottom plates having been arrangedin place, the seed box 9 is filled with seed, and the plowman directshis team over the ground which is to be plowed. As the wheel 3 rotates,it drives the sprocket wheel 1, the sprocket chain S and the sprocketwheel 7 which rotates the shaft 5, and by means of the bevel gear wheels19 and 19a, the shaft 17 is rotated, which rotates the feed plate 18,caus ing one of the orifices therein to be disposed over the orifice 21at predetermined inter- The seed, by gravit f, will fall into theorifice 22 in the feed plate 18, so that as the feedV plate 18 rotates,one or more of the seeds will pass through the orifice 21, every timeone of the orifices 22 becomes disposed thereover. A row is made inwhich to plant the seeds, by the share 13, and following the bot-tom'plate there are the hoe shoes or coverers 26 which-scrape along theground, one at either side of the hoe, and push the earth into the rowto cover the seeds;

Having thus described my invention, I claim Vas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: f 1. In a planter, a bottom plate having an orificetherein, a seed box, the bottom plate forming the bottom thereof, ashaft joui naled in the seed box, a feed plate secured to the shaftwhich rests against the bottom plate, there being' an orifice in thefeed plate, a block with a fiat lower surface which is i disposed on thefeed plate over the orifices in box adapted for the bottom plate, a rodsecured to the block, the rod extending upwardly a distance from thefeed plate, and means without the seed pressing` the rod yieldinglydownwardly.

2. AIn a planter, a bottom, a an orifice therein, a seed box, the bottomplate forming the bottom thereof, a shaft journaled in the seed box, afeed plate seplate having cured to the shaft which rests against thebottom plate, there being an orifice in the feed plate, a block with aflat lower surface which is disposed on the feed plate over the orificein the bottom plate, the sides of the block being curved and concentricand completely covering the feed plate for a distance from its inner toits outer side, a rod secured to the block, and means adjustable fromwithout the seed box which yieldingly press the block against the feedplate.

3. In a planter, a bottom, a plate having 'an orifice therein, a seedbox, the bottoni plate forming the bottom thereof, a shaft journaled inthe seed box, a feed plate secured to the shaft which rests against thebottom plate, there being an orifice in the feed plate, a block with aflat lower surface which is disposed on the feed plate over the orificein the bottom plate, the sides of the block being curved and concentricand completely covering the feed plate for a distance from its inner toits outer side, a rod secured to the block, means adjustable fromwithout the seed box which yieldingly press the block, a plow sharedisposed in front of the orifice in the bottom plate, and coverersdisposed in the rear thereof.

4t. In a planter, a frame, a bottom plate having an orifice therein, aseed box, the bottom plate forming the bottom thereof but beingdetachable therefrom, means for preventing t-he rotation of the bottomplate relatively to the sides of the seed box, a shaft journaled in theseed box, a feed plate sccured to the shaft, which rests against thebottom plate, there being an orifice in the feed plate, a block with aflat lower surface which is disposed on the feed plate over the orificein the bottom plate, a rod secured to the block, the rod extendingupwardly for a distance, means without the seed box which are adaptedfor pressing the rod yieldingly downwardly, and means for rotating theshaft. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST BRINKOETER. Vitnesses RUDOLPH LANGE, CHARLES BILLIMEK.

